What is an access control?

This is a set of measures and policies put in place to regulate access to IT resources. Access control aims to allow only authorized users to interact with these resources, while preventing unauthorized access.

Access control includes various methods and technologies to manage and secure access to resources.

This may include mechanisms such as:

• the authentication,
• authorization,
• access control lists (ACLs),
• user groups,
• Security policies,
• digital certificates, etc.